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Frannie_Flo
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February 9, 2016
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Printing a 5x7 photo on an 8.5x11 sheet of photo paper.

  • February 9, 2016
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I am attempting to print a 5x7 photo on an 8.5x11 sheet of photo paper. What I want is to be able to orient the photo in a landscape position and the paper in a portrait position, and place it at the top of the page so that I can later print another 5x7 photo below it on the same sheet. No matter what I select, it always places the 5x7 in the same orientation as the sheet of paper, and I cannot figure out how to change the bounding box so the I can orient the photo differently on the sheet. I hate to waste all that perfectly good (and expensive) photo paper.


I am using Elements 9 with an Epson Stylus Photo R3000. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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    Correct answer hatstead

    frannie flo wrote:

    I am attempting to print a 5x7 photo on an 8.5x11 sheet of photo paper. What I want is to be able to orient the photo in a landscape position and the paper in a portrait position, and place it at the top of the page so that I can later print another 5x7 photo below it on the same sheet. No matter what I select, it always places the 5x7 in the same orientation as the sheet of paper, and I cannot figure out how to change the bounding box so the I can orient the photo differently on the sheet. I hate to waste all that perfectly good (and expensive) photo paper.


    I am using Elements 9 with an Epson Stylus Photo R3000. Thanks for any help you can give me.

    1. Go to File>new>blank file. Enter the paper dimensions, background white (or to suit), resolution the same value as that of the picture files.
    2. Crop picture A to 5x7, then copy/paste A to the blank file
    3. Crop picture B to 5x7, then copy/paste B to the blank file
    4. Use the move tool to position A & B
    5. You should have 3 layers: Background layer, Layer with A, and Layer with B

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    Shocky270081228mtc
    Participant
    November 7, 2022

    I love how Epson assumes you have a Master's degree in photo/printer adjustments.  I waste more printer paper...

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    Mark_Sand
    Inspiring
    February 13, 2016

    Can't  you just rotate the photo 90 degrees so that it is horizontal before you print it, or does PSE9 not allow you to do even that?

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    Frannie_FloAuthor
    Participant
    February 13, 2016

    Not even that! If you select rotate, it rotates the paper and the bounding ox, but leaves the photo as is, so now you have a photo that is cut off top and bottom (or left & right, depending on what position you started with).

     www.franmadecards.com  - Web Page

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    Mark_Sand
    Inspiring
    February 13, 2016

    That's why I am still on Elements 2

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      Mark_Sand
      Inspiring
      February 10, 2016

      In my ancient PSE2 I can do File > Print Preview , uncheck the Center Image box, and drag the photo to the top of the page.

      Then later do the other photo moving it to the bottom.

      Has this capability been removed in PSE9? I would be shocked!

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      Frannie_FloAuthor
      Participant
      February 13, 2016

      Unfortunately, in PSE9 someone in their infinite wisdom decided not to allow that function anymore. Now the photo comes up in a bounding box that you can drag up, down, left or right but it cannot be rotated. Best solution seems to be to print on a half-sheet (5.5x8.5) in custom size. Then you can cut your 8.8x11 paper in half and just run it through on that. Gotta print twice, but at least you can use the full sheet of paper.

      Thanks, Fran www.franmadecards.com  - Web Page

      hatstead
      hatsteadCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      February 9, 2016

      frannie flo wrote:

      I am attempting to print a 5x7 photo on an 8.5x11 sheet of photo paper. What I want is to be able to orient the photo in a landscape position and the paper in a portrait position, and place it at the top of the page so that I can later print another 5x7 photo below it on the same sheet. No matter what I select, it always places the 5x7 in the same orientation as the sheet of paper, and I cannot figure out how to change the bounding box so the I can orient the photo differently on the sheet. I hate to waste all that perfectly good (and expensive) photo paper.


      I am using Elements 9 with an Epson Stylus Photo R3000. Thanks for any help you can give me.

      1. Go to File>new>blank file. Enter the paper dimensions, background white (or to suit), resolution the same value as that of the picture files.
      2. Crop picture A to 5x7, then copy/paste A to the blank file
      3. Crop picture B to 5x7, then copy/paste B to the blank file
      4. Use the move tool to position A & B
      5. You should have 3 layers: Background layer, Layer with A, and Layer with B
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      Frannie_FloAuthor
      Participant
      February 10, 2016

      Thanks Halstead...that would work, but it's a little more time consuming than I would like.

      Meanwhile, I did find another solution that worked as well.  I discovered I could select half-sheet (8.5x5.5) for my printer, so I just cut my paper in half and I can easily get 2 5x7 prints from 1 sheet of paper.

      I still don't understand why PE thought it a good move to no longert allow you to orient a photo any way you like on a sheet of paper!

      Thanks for your suggestion!

      hatstead
      hatstead
      Inspiring
      February 10, 2016

      You're welcome. Glad to help.

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